All of Your Friends Want to Go Out to the New

question 60

Multiple Choice

All of your friends want to go out to the new Sushi restaurant for dinner. You would prefer to go to the new steak house. As you listen to their arguments, you decide that, in fact, the Sushi restaurant may be a good choice so you decide to go as well. Your behaviour is an example of

• A) lowballing
• B) cognitive dissonance
• C) normative social influence
• D) central processing
• E) informational social influence

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Definitions:

Instincts

Innate, fixed patterns of behavior typically occurring in response to certain stimuli, common across a species and not requiring learned knowledge.

Intentionally Inflicting

The deliberate act of causing harm, damage, or suffering to others or oneself.

Verbal Abuse

The use of words to cause harm to the person being spoken to, involving insult or coercion.

Aggression

Behavior aimed at causing harm or injury to others, which can be physical or verbal, and motivated by various factors.